Steve Perry is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the former lead vocalist of the rock band Journey. Born on January 22, 1949, in Hanford, California, Perry rose to fame in the late 1970s and 1980s with his distinctive and powerful voice, contributing to some of Journey’s biggest hits.
Perry’s distinct vocal style and stage presence made him an influential figure in the rock music landscape. His ability to convey passion and vulnerability through his voice resonated with audiences and garnered him a dedicated fan base. His performances were marked by his signature power, range, and heartfelt delivery.
Steve Perry Quotes
Theres always a price for what you want.
You can’t embrace your whole life if you’re shut down. I found out that I can’t just run away and shut down. I’m losing the rest of my life doing that.
Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.
When they’d been on the run, with death maybe lying in wait around any corner, they had never been more alive. When each day might be your last, it made a big difference. You couldn’t maintain that state forever, of course; the stress would eat you alive, but putting yourself at risk did bring out your best-or your worst
We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That’s equally important as the tragedy.
Well. There was noting to be done for it. Things had happened as they did, time’s arrow had yet to be reversed by humans, done was done. If a man spent his life looking over his shoulder at every possible branching of his path he could have taken, he would never accomplish anything. One must learn from history so as not to repeat it, but one must not waste one’s energy or time worrying about what might have been. Sorry . . . but people die every day and the galaxy continues on quite well without them. Consider yourself lucky you are one of those as yet unselected by the Fates.
Humans suffer from self-centred notions as to the nature of life. Humans assume that alien life forms should conform to standards that match our own, including logic and morality. Even among humans, morality is ignored when expedient. Why should we expect more from an alien life form than we demand from ourselves?
You can’t embrace your whole life if you’re shut down.
He’d once heard a story about a monastery on the top of some mountain in Japan or somewhere. After a long trek in the cold to get there, the monks would offer to sell you a cup of coffee. You had a choice: There was a two-dollar cup – or a two-hundred- dollar cup. When pressed to explain the difference, the monks were reported to say, ‘A hundred and ninety-eight dollars.’
When they’d been on the run, with death maybe lying in wait around any corner, they had never been more alive. When each day might be your last, it made a big difference. You couldn’t maintain that state forever, of course; the stress would eat you alive, but putting yourself at risk did bring out your best-or your worst
I’m not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It’s just a personal thing, not an ego thing.
- “When you’re trying to bring music to your fans and you’re in the studio working hard and you’re writing, all you’re thinking about is how to touch them emotionally.”
- “You have to be careful not to get too hung up on structure. Because if you do, the song becomes too predictable.”
- “The lyrics have to talk to me before I can start creating the melody. The words have always helped guide me to the melody.”
- “I think that life and music are two separate things. When you’re dealing with music, it’s got to come from a real place.”
- “When you’re onstage and the audience is smiling and singing and bopping along and you’re all on the same level, it’s the best feeling in the world.”
- “Sometimes the song you think is the simplest and has the least amount of deep meaning is the one that can affect you in the deepest way.”
- “Music touches people’s hearts. You know, it doesn’t go through your mental capacity, it just moves you and it will let you cry. It’s worth it doing a show and when you touch a crowd and move yourself at the same time.”
- “The older I get, the more I realize there’s a balance to everything. And you have to find it.”
- “I’ve always believed music should touch people… in a place they wouldn’t let others go.”
- “There is no rehearsal for life, the performance is live.”
